Well, the Aggies’ Coach decided to lose the game this past week versus Oklahoma by not doing what they do best… pound the ball. Late in the fourth quarter, the Aggies had 1st and goal at the 6 yard line, in which a score would put them at a tie. Now Javorski Lane for the Ags is a 280 pound running back who can bowl people over. He is the second leading scorer in all of Division 1A football. What does the coach decide to do? Pass the ball on first down. Incomplete. Ok fine.. now lets run with Lane. Second play. Pass again. Incomplete. What the hell. Ok. Its four down territory. Lets run twice and try to pound it in both times. Third down comes. Another pass. Another imcompletion. What the hell! I was jumping up and cussing. They did not run the ball at all! Settled for a field goal, which made them behind by 4 points. The entire crowd at Kyle Field was SILENT after the aggies scored. If you have ever been to an Aggie game at Kyle Field, you would know how messed up that is. I don’t even recall the cannon firing, which is supposed to fire after every score. That is how shocked, confused, and apalled the entire crowd was. There was STILL hope after the Aggies got the ball back and drove down the field. They had 4th and 3 in field goal range, (remember, down by 4), and instead of going for it when there was about 3 minutes left, they decide to kick a field goal. A field goal, which still made them down by 1 point. They were assuming they could get the ball back and have one last shot, but Oklahoma made a simple first down and then ran the clock off. Game over. What a letdown.

As for the Houston Cougars, they played Tulsa, who was undefeated in Conference USA. A win over Tulsa would put their conference record at a tie, with one loss each, giving UofH the lead because of their defeat over them. The Cougars pulled it out by a large win, 27-10. Now the Coogs sit at the top of their division with only one conference game again, over Memphis, whose record is 1-8. With a game this week over SMU, they could win those two easy games, and go from 7-3 now to 9-3, which would put them in a fairly decent bowl game. Looking forward to watching them.

With A&M losing and UofH winning, it could possibly make it a UofH vs A&M bowl game when all is said and done. UofH can be 9-4 or 10-3 (depending on the result of the Conference USA championship game), with A&M being at worst 8-4, possibly 9-3 which would put their records very close. Who knows…

After spending too much time going over football, I think I will put this to rest now.

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